David Wilhelm

David Wilhelm (born 2 October, 1956) is an American political operative and businessman. A native of Appalachian Ohio, Wilhelm focuses on spurring sustainable economic growth in rural areas. He is the founder and president of Woodland Venture Management, one of the nation's leading sources of venture capital in regions of the country that lie between the coasts and are ignored by most investors.

Notes

• As DNC chair in 1993, Wilhelm gave a speech to the Christian Coalition and was greeted with jeers for arguing that good Christians can belong to any political party.
• Wilhelm's father came to the United States as a refugee from Germany after World War II.
• Adena Ventures, Wilhelm's first venture capital fund, is named for a Native American tribe that established a vast trade network throughout what is now Appalachia. Hopewell Ventures, Wilhelm's second fund, is named for the tribe that succeeded the Adena Indians.